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Example Sentences

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“I don’t know, I had nothing better to do,” she said with a smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

O'Neill bore the brunt of that in the January window, constantly being quizzed about new recruits and constantly having to reply that the club was working hard but there's nothing much to report.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Many managers have asked their team something like, “Will you please give me feedback whenever you have some?” and received exactly nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Jokes about Twitch streamers getting paid to do nothing were funnier the first 1,000 times you saw them somewhere, and even then, they weren’t worth more than a passing snicker.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

It would be only moments now if nothing was done.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman